Stove-oven



(No-Model.)

STOVE OVEN.

No. 403,938. Patented May 28,'1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

MASSACHUSETTS.

STOVE-OVEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 403,938, dated May 28,1889. Application filed February 23, 1889. Serial No. 300,944. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concer/t:

Be it known that we, PETER HoocERzEIL, J r., and GEORGE F. HINKLEY,citizens of the United States, and both residents of Beverly, in thecounty of Essex and State of Massahehusetts, have jointly invented newand useor grating to be examined from time to time--` for instance, forthe purpose of basting meats and for other similar purposes-without theneed of pulling out the pan or dish in which the meat or other food iscontained.

The invention is carried out as follows, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents a plan view showingthe door swung open and the grating' drawn out, and showing the oven andits door in section. Fig. 2 represents a section on the line X X, showninFig. l; and Fig. 3 represents a cross-section on the line Y Y, shownin Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedifferent parts ot' the drawings.

a represents the back, and Z) represents the,

front, of a cooking-stove, as usual. c represents the oven secured in asuitable manner to such back and front of the stove, as usual.

d represents the oven-door hinged, as usual, to the stove front or oven.

lVithin the oven is located the perforated plate or grating e,preferably provided on its under side with anti-friction rollers e e ee', adapted to roll on the bottom of the oven c when said grat-ing isbeing moved out or in by the opening or closing of the door. For thepurpose of guiding said plate or grating properly without muchfrictional resistance while it is being moved out or into the oven, wemake on its under side a pair of longitudi- .shown in Figs. l and nalgrooves, e e, adapted to receive the pins or pins and rolls ff on theinterior of the bottom of the oven c, as shown in the drawings.

The oven-door and the adjustable plate or grating are connected togetheras follows: g is a curved or cam-shaped metal plate or bar, the outerend of which is pivoted, preferably by means of a removable pin, d', toa bracket or ears, d d, secured to or forming a part of the door (l, asshown in Figs. l and 2. The inner end of said curved metal plate g ispivoted to the grating e by means of a screw or pin, h, attached to saidgrating and passing loosely through an enlarged perforation, g', in theinner end of said curved plate g, as shown in liig. 2, so as to permitthe latter to adjust itself automatically relative to the pin 7L duringthe operation of the device, so as to enable it to be easily operatedwithout binding or unnecessary friction. A washer, 7L', somewhat largerthan the perforation gin the inner end of the curved plate g, is placedon the pin or screw h below the said curved plate, as shown in Fig. 2,s'o as to prevent the latter from dropping off the head of said pin orscrew.

A guide-bar, e, is secured to the under side of the grating e, at ornear its forward end, as 2, between which and the under side of thegrating e the curved metal bar or plate q is guided during the 0perationof the device.

In a device of this kind it is essential that the inner end ot' thegrating e should be properly guided, and for this purpose we secure inan adjustable manner to the inner end of said grating the metal guides7c t', having the anti-frictional rollers 7.5 lo journaled in theirouter ends, which rollers are adapted to roll against opposite sides ofthe interior of the oven c, as shown in the drawings, thus causing thesaid grate e to be properly guided without much friction as it is beingmoved in or out of the oven. The said guides 7e 7c are preferablyprovided with slots 7.5 k, adapted to receive the fastening-screws 7c37c3, that are screwed into perforations in the grating e, as shown; butthis is not essential, as the said guides may be laterally adjustablerelative IOO to the grating .e and the interior portion of the sides ofthe oven in any other suitable or equivalent manner.

It will thus be seen that by opening the door d the grat-ing supportingthe food that is being cooked will be automatically pulled outward, asshown in Figs. l and 2, and as the door is being shut the said gratingwill be automatically pushed inward into the oven, for the purposedescribed. The curved bar or plate g, being connected to the door asdescribed, also serves as a rest and support for the outer end of thegrating e, so as to prevent the latter from tippingover when movedoutward, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

In heating liquids or food' of a semi-liquid nature liable to spill oroverflow by the motion of the gratin g it may be desirable to keep thesaid grating stationary within t-he oven, and this can be done simply bydisconnecting the pin d from the door d and the bar or plate g andpushing the said` grating and its curved bar g entirely into the oven,when the door (il may be manipulated without imparting motion to thegrating, or the latter may be removed from the oven whenever so desired.

le have shown in the drawings the invention as applied to an oven; butit is evident that it is equally Well adapted for refrigerators, boxes,or receptacles of any kind in which it may be desirable to automaticallymanipulate the shelves or plates by the opening and closing motion ofthe door.

' Having thus fully described then ature, construction, and operation ofour invention, we wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim- The ovenor box c and its hinged door tl, and the movable plate or grating e,connected to said door, as described, and having longitudinal grooves ee, in combination with the anti-friction supporting-rollers e e', theadjustable side rollers, k 7a', and pins or pins and rolls ff, allarranged and combined substantially in a manner and for the purpose asspecified.

ln testimony whereof We have signed our names to this speciiication,inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 19th day of February,A. D. 1889.

PETER HOOGERZEIL, JR. GEORGE 5F. HINKLEY; Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDRN, CARL A. ANDRN.

